Question

I’d like to setup xampp on different computer. The problem is that i’ve changed php.ini, added databases, etc. I could redo the changes. but i feel like that’s not the principled thing to do.

Is is simple as installing xampp on my new machine and then copying all my files from the old installation? thank you in advance

Answer 1

I would always install a new environment on different system rather then copy it from somewhere else, because I never remember (and don’t want to remember) which settings are platform specific and which aren’t. Also it’s usually easier.

However, you can try to just copy the php.ini (and maybe other configuration files, like the ones for apache and mysql) to the new system. Remember to backup the old files first.

For the database you should have a schema file (as SQL-file) to create the database structure anyway. For the db-content (and maybe — if missing — the schema) you can create a SQL-dump file from the old database.